ChrisBosh-“We’re still the best team in the league You’re going to have to go through things like this Things aren’t always going to go wellSat Jan 14 06:57:06 via webChris Tomasson
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One problem, Boshness. You’re not.

I had held the same belief as Bosh right up until Friday night. There are certainly qualifiers. The Heat played a brutal three-games-in-four-nights set. Overtime in Golden State, then a back-to-back against the Clippers in Los Angeles, a day off and then playing in Denver’s altitude. Dwyane Wade suffered a sprained ankle and had already been dealing with other injuries. But these excuses don’t change the real make up of the game, which was that Denver, a phenomenal team in its own right, simply out-executed the Heat all game long.

Gone is the improved offensive flow we saw in the first week of the season. Gone are the defensive rotations predicting where the ball would go and cutting off angles. Gone is the energy, gone are the highlights, gone are the league’s best record.

Meanwhile, the Chicago Bulls absolutely plastered the Boston Celtics on their home floor Friday night. Much will be made of the Celtics’ comeback but in reality, the Bulls got complacent, the Celtics caught up for a minute… and then the Bulls ran them out of the building again, behind Derrick Rose‘s brilliance. The Bulls have had the most dominating performance of the season since an opening week set of struggles. This doesn’t mean that over the long run of the season, the Heat won’t prove to be better. This certainly doesn’t mean that the Bulls will best the Heat in the playoffs.

But as for right now, the Heat aren’t the best team in the league. Not even close.

I am by no means a Heat fan but you have to point the fact that Miami is in a road trip and has played less home games than Chicago. When they play at home they’re a different team and when they go back to Miami that will give them confidence in the long stretch. I don’t know if they’re the best team right now but it won’t be too long before they are again.
Note: They’re success also depends on D-Wade’s health.

No, they all lacked playing with either Michael Jordan or Shaquille O’neal. It’s one thing when they’re a behemoth in the league that’s just too good, it’s another when you should be the behemoth.

That being said, Lebron’s 27. Jordan didn’t win till he was 28. I would be shocked if Lebron doesn’t finish his career with multiple rings. I just hope my Bulls don’t end up being the Knicks/Jazz of this era.

Bosh needs to just shut up and let his game do the talking. Self-proclamations earn you no respect, winning games does. And as far as I can see, the Heat don’t have the best record in the league, nor are they the defending champions. Don’t sing it, bring it.

The Bulls have had a tougher schedule than Miami, just so we are clear. The Bulls opened the season on the West Coast in a 4-game swing. They have played the same number of home games, which is 4. They’ve played one more road game than Miami, a league-high 9.

Bulls home games – 4-0
Miami home games – 3-1

Bulls road games – 7-2
Miami road games – 5-3

Like the author stated, we are only 12-13 games into the season so there is a lot more basketball to be played, however, it is telling that the same thing happened to the Heat last year. Not their fault, its just the amount of scrutiny. They start out with a bang, bulldoze some teams and viola, they are crowned NBA champions by ESPN and most of the NBA community. To fans, the games feel like they are just being played as a formality.

THEN, they get challenged, get placed under the microscope (LeBron especially, its embarrassing really… Yesterday on ESPN, Jon Barry, Wilbon, Magic and Broussard talked about the upcoming matchup btwn the Celts and the Bulls for about 8 seconds – I’m not exaggerating – because they couldn’t stop themselves from dishing on Lebron, the Heat and their 4th quarter woes), and go on an absolute slide. It DOES make you wonder what their momentum, strength, dominance, etc. is built on. Is it based on where they stand with the media, or do these guys really know who they are as a team? Yes, I am a Bulls homer, but I am seriously posing this question.

D.Rose and the Bulls on the other hand get about 1/3 of the attention, wouldn’t be mentioned on ESPN if it weren’t for Legs and Bucher and in my opinion, don’t give a damn what the media thinks. They just want to beat you. If they lose, they start over again. It will be interesting to see how this season unravels. I’m not making any predictions, its too early, however you gotta play the games prior to giving a team a coronation.

Of course they are melting down, look at their coach! He looks lost, shows no confidence, and Drops to his knees, pounds the floor, and covers his face anytime they get behind. This guy is laughable. Riley won’t take the job though, because deep down he knows they are fatally flawed. They’re individuals, not a team. They’ll never win a ring if that doesn’t change

Matt — I’m a bit confused. Up until Friday night, you agreed the Heat were the best team in the NBA. By my calculations, today is Saturday, and the Heat are “not even close” to being the best team in the league. Knee-jerk much?

And this is what the “big 3″ don’t get it in Miami. They seem to be under the delusion that the dislike from fans comes from envy (i.e all three decided to sign with the heat rather than our respective teams) and it isn’t that. It’s the arrogance.

It’s Lebron letting fans in Cleveland find out he was leaving via infomercial…

It’s holding a preseason championship rally talking about all of the championships you are going to win. prior to winning any…

It’s Lebron and Wade mocking Nowitzki on TV during the finals for being sick… even as Nowitzki was torching your team night after night in the finals…

And now it’s Bosh (BTW – how is this guy a max contract guy, exactly?) talking about how they are “still” the best team. Hey Chris, there was a championship ring presentation earlier this year and the Heat weren’t in it. I think you can figure out why.

All these guys do is talk and talk. Maybe they will eventually figure out they should actually accomplish something first…

Watch him flip flop when they start getting hot again. It’s not like they’re not going to have at least the 2nd seed in the East simply because after the Heat and Bulls, there just isn’t much depth. Regardless, people need to stop overreacting. The playoffs are where it matters and they completely destroyed the Eastern Conference.

Ah how quickly people forget. Heats had similar problem last season. The bulls won every regular season game against the heats. The heats couldn’t win against the elite. I remember how every heats hater would tell us that the Heats would have no chance against the bulls in the conference final. Guess what? The MVP was shut down by LeBron, and they couldn’t get pass game 5. This year will be the same. Adding Hamilton alone won’t help.

What’s up with Bosh? Why not make your team better before spouting off. Nobody cares if you think the Heat are the best team! First the Fins not getting Fisher and now the third best player on the Heat making a stupid comment. Something bad must be in the South Beach air!

Apparently you and all the other people commenting here care enough to take the time to write a comment. Whether you love them or hate them, people still care. They get the most attention because they bring the most attention.

So what is he supposed to say? we stink? People juat want to hate on the Heat plain and simple. I dont see any hate when Amare said last year the Knicks are back. No better than what lebron and company did. Anyways go Lakers…..